TODD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

TODD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Bridge #92041 Replacement Project in cooperation with Stearns County and to approve the attached Todd
County Budget Request Form allocating Cash Reserves from the Road and Bridge Fund to cover the local
required project funding match for the State Bridge Bond Fund Grant.
Soil, Water and Conservation District
On motion by Kircher and second by Kneisl, the following motion was introduced and adopted by
unanimous vote: To authorize the signing of the grant agreement for MPCA 2012 County Feedlot
Performance grant totaling $6,236.
Ditch & Ag
On motion by Kneisl and second by Blessing, the following resolution was introduced and adopted by
unanimous vote:
ABANDONMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF COUNTY DITCH 1
WHEREAS, In January 1900 a petition was submitted to the Ditch Authority to establish County Ditch 1.
In 1902 there were complaints from petitioners that the ditch was not functioning properly. A surveyor
was hired by the Board and was directed to investigate the complaints. The surveyor submitted a new
survey to lengthen the ditch. There is no documentation showing any further construction was done on
County Ditch 1, and;
WHEREAS, in August 1917 the petitioners again make complaints that the ditch is not adequate and they
submit a petition for “a ditch” that utilizes CD1 to carry out the purpose of this petition. On September
11, 1917 the Ditch Authority appoints an engineer and designates the ditch in this petition as County
Ditch 43, and;
WHEREAS, on June 3, 1918 the Ditch Authority established CD43, using the CD43 Viewers Report for
the assessment of the new ditch and the improvement of CD1. There has not been another assessment
made using the original CD1 Viewers report since CD1 was constructed, and;
WHEREAS, the County Ditch Inspector has consulted with Kurt Deter, Ditch Attorney. His opinion is
there is enough evidence to suggest the intent was to abandon CD1 and replace it with CD43. Since the
CD1 parcels that were not included on the Viewers Report for CD43 paid for the establishment of CD1
they will still be allowed to outlet to CD43 even though they will not be assessed for any bills on CD43.
The 28 parcels that were on the CD1 Viewers Report that were not on the CD43 Viewers Report are 10-
0000100, 10-0000200, 10-0000600, 10-0002200, 10-0002501, 10-0002700, 10-0007501, 10-0008600,
10-0008700, 10-0009500, 10-0009600 ,10-0010402, 10-0010600, 10-0010700, 10-0010900, 10-0011000,
10-3004100, 10-4002600, 10-4002700, 10-4002800, 15-0045101, 15-0045200, 15-0045300, 15-0045400,
15-0045500, 15-3004100, 15-4000400, and 15-4001600.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Todd County Ditch Authority officially abandons CD1 and
the 1900 CD1 Viewers Report and replaces it with CD43 and the 1918 CD43 Viewers Report.
On motion by Blessing and second by Kircher, the following resolution was introduced and adopted by
unanimous vote:
ABANDONMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF COUNTY DITCH 2
WHEREAS, the petition was submitted for CD2 in 1902. Construction took place from 1903 – 1910;
there is no documentation found that indicates the ditch was ever completed. There are many landowner
complaints that the ditch system does not work as it was supposed to, and;
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